Special Communication

Preserving and Promoting Clinical Trial Representativeness

JAMA Cardiology 10.1001/jamacardio.2025.2421

July 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This review synthesizes the latest policies and initiatives concerning representation in clinical research and provides a strategic framework to ensure scientific validity of clinical trials by operationalizing broad representation at all levels. A coordinated approach among stakeholders is needed to address the scientific value of trial representation of the intended use population.

Corresponding Author: Roxana Mehran, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 (roxana.mehran@mountsinai.org).

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